Abrasive stick holder



June 12, 1945; M TCN 2,377,953

ABRASIVE STICK HOLDER Filed June 14, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 InventorP/z/zZZzp. Mafia June 12, 1945. P. MATTON 2,377,953

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' ABBASIVESTICK HoLo'En '1 Phillip Matton, Racine, Wis.

Application 3 Claims.

This invention relates to certain new and usefulimprovements in holdersfor socalled Carborundum and abrasive sticks.

The purpose of the invention is to structurally and otherwise improveupon similarly constructed and functioning abrasive or equivalentarticle holders, this through the medium of a simple and expedientdevice which, it is believed, aptly fulfills the requirements of holdersof the class above mentioned.

More specifically, I have evolved and produced a substantiallyfool-proof stick or similar article holder characterized by a pair ofduplicate companion stick embracing and gripping members, these beinghingedly connected with each other at one end and provided at theiropposite ends with reliable, easy to use, binding and clamping means.

Other features and advantages will become more readily apparent from thefollowing description and the accompanying illustrative drawmgs.

In the drawings, wherein like numerals are employed to designate likeparts throughout the views:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a holder constructed inaccordance with the structural principles of the instant invention, thearticle held being in place, clamped and ready for use.

Figure 2 is a view like Figure 1 with the binding and clamping meansopen.

Figure 3 is a top plan View of the assemblage seen in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a central taken on the plane of longitudinal sectional viewthe line 4-4 of Figure 3. Figures 5 and 6 are transverse sections on theplanes of the lines 5-5 and 6-45, respectively, of Figure 1, looking inthe direction of the arrows.

Referring now to the drawings by distinguishing reference numerals itwill be seen that the holder is sectional, the main section I being inthe form of duplicate opposed and parallel angle irons 1 and 8 ofappropriate material and dimensions. These are'arranged so as toadaptably receive and clamp the abrasive grinding stick 9 therebetween.Substantially V-shaped clips H) are saddled over the left-hand ends ofsaid clamping sections 1 and 8, said clips being securely riveted inplace as at II. .with outwardly projecting ears 12 which converge andoverlap. The overlapping end portions are pivotally or hingedlyconnected together as at 13. This allows the clamping sections to beopened and closed to facilitate insertion and removal or the carborundumstick.

The clips are provided an 14, 1944, Serial Nd. 540,357

A V-shaped strap-metal saddle clip 14 is per manently attached to theright-hand end of the stick clamping section I and this is provided withoutstanding laterally directed lugs 15 apertured to accommodate thepressure applying bolts IS. The lower ends of the bolts extend throughand beyond said lugs where they are provided with nuts I! foraccommodating washers, the washers serving as seats for the adjacentends of the coiled springs 18. The springs surround the projecting endportions of the bolts between said washers and the lugs 15.

A complemental saddle-clip I9 is secured to the left-hand end of theclamping section 8 in alignment with the clip l4. The clip I9 isprovided with up-bent flanges 2D to accommodate pivot pins 2| for theside reaches 22 of the clamping lever 23. The free swingable end portionof the lever is provided with a lateral V-shaped bend 24 functioning asa handle or finger-piece. The reach arms or limbs 220i the lever 23 havetheir outer ends bent laterally to provide bellcranks 25 and the upperlaterally directed ends of the bolts are hingedly connected to theterminals of said bellcranks as at 26.

The abrasive stick 9 is slipped in between the jaw sections 1 and 8 andthey are spaced apart or open as shown in Figure 2. Then the clampinglever 23 is snapped down in place, that is, in closed position as seenin Figure 1. It follows that this action of the lever swings the cantedspring-resisted bolts 16 from the inclined or angular positions seen inFigure 2 to the straightened positions seen in Figure 1. Therefore, theCarborundum stick is yieldingly clamped between the jaw members 1 and 8.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the inventionrelates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the inventionafter considering the description in connection with the drawings.Therefore, a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary.

Minor changes in the shape, size and arrangement of details comingwithin the field of invention claimed may be resorted to in actualpractice, if desired.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. An abrasive stick holder of the class described comprising a pair ofelongated opposed parallel angle irons constituting stick embracing andclamping jaws, means hingedly connecting the jaws together atcorresponding ends, a lever pivotally mounted on the opposite end of oneof said jaws, said lever being provided with cranks,

bolts pivotally connected to the terminal ends of said cranks andconstituting links, and means connecting said bolts with the adjacentend of the remaining jaw member.

2. An article holder of the class described comprising a pair ofelongated duplicate jaw members V-shaped in cross-section, meanshingedly connecting corresponding ends of said members together, aV-shaped saddle-clip secured to the free end of one of said jaw membersand having outstanding apertured lugs, spring-pressed bolts shiftablymounted in said apertured lugs, a second V-shaped clip saddled upon andsecured to the free end of the remaining jaw member and provided withupstanding flanges, a lever, said lever being of U-shaped form andhaving parallel limbs hingedly connected with said flanges, said limbsterminating in laterally directed cranks, and said bolts having hookedends pivotally connected to the free end portions of said cranks.

3. An abrasive or equivalent article holder of the class describedcomprising a pair of alined and opposed jaw members of a cross sectionalshape corresponding to the article to be inserted and clampedtherebetween, said jaw members being hingedly connected to one anotherat corresponding ends, a clip saddled and secured to the free end of oneof said jaw members and having outstanding lugs, spring equipped boltsadjustably mounted in the apertures of said lugs, a second clip saddledupon and secured to the free end of the remaining jaw member andprovided with end flanges, a lever, said lever being or general U-shapedform and outline and embodying parallel limbs hingedly connected attheir free end portions with said flanges, said limbs in laterallydirected crank portions,- and said bolt having ends adjacent said crankportions pivotally connected thereto.

. PHILLIP MATTON.

